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Title: Magefire
Post by: Dragyn on March 10, 2008, 04:30:00 PM
(http://beastling.xepher.net/PE/images/Extras/PE_Magefire_800x600.jpg)




Kheros!  He'll be showing up soon, so I wanted to sorta' finalize his look, and to practice sketching on the computer.   I think it worked rather well.

This is available through the PE Extras page, as always, in both 1024 x 768 and 800 x 600.  If you want a different size, let me know.
Title: Re: Magefire
Post by: Fox on March 10, 2008, 05:43:00 PM
What ho? Art from Dragyn? =O

Har. Nice to see something new, and I think there's improvement every time you upload. =3 Anywho. Love the colors here....& I probably will have more to say when I get near a computer....>.>
Title: Re: Magefire
Post by: Faith on March 11, 2008, 03:46:00 PM
Neat! ^_^

I have to agree with Fox.   ;)

How'd you get that neat, glowing diamond-thing around the orb?
Title: Re: Magefire
Post by: Dragyn on March 12, 2008, 08:35:00 AM
The diamond glow...heh.

It's just a tile reflection on a copy of the base color layer for the orb itself...which means, I copied the circle to its own layer, and applied the "Tile Reflection" effect in Paint.Net.

I'm glad you think it's better--I made it on the computer, no pre-sketching involved.
Title: Re: Magefire
Post by: Faith on March 12, 2008, 03:49:00 PM
Heh.   ;D

'Tis my background, now... ^_^

I miss having Paint.Net...   :P

Well, it's neat.

How'd Kheros get that scar-thing by his eye?
Title: Re: Magefire
Post by: Dragyn on March 13, 2008, 11:49:00 AM
...

Do you really expect an answer?

And what of the similar scarring on his upper lip and right ear?
Title: Re: Magefire
Post by: Faith on March 13, 2008, 04:56:00 PM
I was going to ask that it in steps... ':D
First I wondered if you'd not mind just telling me about one...
And maybe another wouldn't hurt... and then, what's one more? And then...
But, no, that never works, does it?   :P

And you showed extra detail where the light hits, most, on his fur and hair. Neat.   :)

I like Kheros, he looks cool.... ^_^
But then, so does Beastling, Rithiel, Ramjik, Thief, Dante, K'os... and, well... yeah...   :P

It's strange that I'm so familiar with so many of your characters, but I know barely anything about them... O.o
Title: Re: Magefire
Post by: Fox on March 14, 2008, 07:19:00 AM
Sometimes scars are cooler if you don't know what happened. =3

Now that I have a computer, I'll do my part of just a tad of constructive crit. His right arm looks just a liiiiittle bit too short..and the top of his head seems to be a bit flat. 'Course..the computer I am on is a widescreen..so that might have a little to do with it. >.>
Title: Re: Magefire
Post by: Dragyn on March 14, 2008, 12:25:00 PM
Nah, his arm is a bit short.  I do that far too often, actually.  As for his head, it is somewhat flat.  Not completely, but flatter than some.  It's not supposed to be, but it is.

I'm...er...glad you noticed?  It shows you actually care, which is good.
Title: Re: Magefire
Post by: Faith on March 15, 2008, 08:45:00 AM
So about how long is it 'till Kheros shows up in PE?... ^_^
(No, the questions never end.)
Title: Re: Magefire
Post by: Dragyn on March 15, 2008, 10:25:00 AM
Hmm...He should be showing up in about 2-3 comics. Maybe 4, at most.  The pacing is something I'm working on, so the length is a tad variable, at this point.
Title: Re: Magefire
Post by: Faith on March 16, 2008, 03:05:00 AM
Hm...
So now I can start learning more about these characters that I know and know nothing about!   ;D

My sister only just started reading your comics - she told me so, just yesterday, and described them as funny. ^_^
Figured ya'd like to know, is all...

I wonder if she even knows if PE exists...

I find it amusing that Kheros is blue, here, and he's also in your avatar, as a grey-furred character.
I know it was already explained, I just find it amusing, because I'm strange that way.
Title: Re: Magefire
Post by: kitkat on March 17, 2008, 10:38:00 PM
I like this one... Love the color sequence...
Title: Re: Magefire
Post by: Dragyn on March 19, 2008, 11:07:00 AM
Color sequence?  You mean my peculiar method of shading?  Or am I missing something, here?

As stated before, Faith, his fur changed from grey to blue, because I felt it worked better blue, and the "grey" was actually a blue pencil that scanned in as blue...
Title: Re: Magefire
Post by: Faith on March 19, 2008, 03:58:00 PM
Heh,   ;D

I remember.   :)

Ya' know... I never knew the center bit of his eye was that color... wait... wasn't it blue, too?
Title: Re: Magefire
Post by: Dragyn on March 24, 2008, 02:14:00 PM
Blue-green, actually.  It always has been.  I actually took and copied the color from the first color sketch for that, so I can guarantee its accuracy.
Title: Re: Magefire
Post by: Faith on March 24, 2008, 03:33:00 PM
Hm... but aren't they blue in the other pictures of him on the Internet?
Like your avatar, and the one that's on PE?
Or just a blue-green that turned out differently due to the choice of  pencils, or scanners?
Or am I just seeing 'em funny?...   :P  
Title: Re: Magefire
Post by: Dragyn on March 25, 2008, 06:13:00 PM
'tis the scanner that is guilty, as it always is.
Title: Re: Magefire
Post by: Faith on March 27, 2008, 09:41:00 PM
Heh.   ;D

Well... then we know what to blame it all on, now, don't we?   :P
That makes plenty o' sense, though, since I've never seen him in color off of the computer...
Title: Re: Magefire
Post by: Dragyn on March 28, 2008, 09:26:00 AM
And, all things considered, possibly never will.
Title: Re: Magefire
Post by: Faith on March 31, 2008, 09:02:00 PM
Heh.   :P